Infinite jest by david foster wallace, signed abebooks. Infinite jest in the age of addiction the millions. Absolutely, for the novice to this type of literary fiction, i cannot tell you how many times i have started and given up on the actual book. A gargantuan, mindaltering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in america set in an addicts halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwedup family to come along in recent fiction, infinite jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it. Infinite jest, us signed first edition, first printing. Thick octavo, original blue paper boards, original dust jacket. Unquestionably, infinite jest required great ambition and focus to write, and requires a bit of ambition and focus to read as well.
Infinite jest 1996 is a novel written by david foster wallace. What its like to record the audiobook version of infinite. Like several of the characters in infinite jest, he was a competitive junior tennis player. When you buy the audio edition of ij, you get the novel sans footnotes. A gargantuan, mindaltering comedy about the pursuit of happiness. Buy hardcover copy of infinite jest at brickandmortar bookstore. Featured software all software latest this just in old school emulation msdos games historical software classic pc games software library. It has been categorized as an encyclopedic novel and made time magazines list of the 100 best englishlanguage novels published between. Infinite jest a gargantuan, mindaltering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in. Buy infinite jest by david foster wallace from waterstones today. These are the endnotes to david foster wallaces infinite jest, a gargantuan, mindaltering comedy about the pursuit of happiness in america. First edition of wallaces epic postmodern satirejubilantly anecdotal, winkingly sardonic new york timesboldly signed on the title page by him, in scarce firstissue dust jacket. The footnotes were not incorporated into the main text at all. Dobe systems cape cast noticias48 please dont gawk living with your engineer as we go actual play podcast living your one life.
Infinite jest is both sad, depressed and funny and even 25 years after it was published in 1994 remains relevant to the modern age. I am seated in an office, surrounded by heads and bodies. Signed by david foster wallace on the title page with a doodle of a face. You can peruse their how to read infinite jest post here. Heres how i finally read infinite jest and how you can, too. But the most addictive force in infinite jest is a seemingly innocuous videotape referred to simply as the entertainment.
The first thing pratt noticed when hachette sent him a formatted copy. David foster wallaces infinite jest is an audiobook, minus endnotes audio by andres jauregui. She also has a great comment about wallaces style in inifite jest. How to pretend youve read david foster wallaces infinite. Most people who own a copy of infinite jest, david foster wallaces 1,079page magnum opus, havent finished it but with the end of the tour, starring jason segel as wallace and jesse. Partly since it makes the book more accessible and partly because it lets you enjoy the flow of wallaces prose. Goodreads members who liked infinite jest also liked. More information about this seller contact this seller 12. A novel by wallace, david foster and a great selection of. This got me wondering if infinite jest was in audiobook form. Autographed editions gifts for book lovers book accessories tiny books and gifts paper shop. A very nice copy of the late authors magnum opus, signed. So, about two years ago i began reading infinite jest and i only got about 200 pages in before it was due back to the library.
Later, the audiobook publishing company hired the narrator back to just read the footnotes, which you need to buy as a separate title. Infinite jest works well in audiobook form and this is in no small part helped by sean pratts fantastic reading complete with impressive changes in accent, tone and characterisation. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book infinite jest i guess this is a first for me and ill get straight to the point. Infinite jest signed 10th anniversary edition very rare david foster wallace 06. It is an exuberant, uniquely american exploration of the passions that make us human and one of those rare books that renew the idea of what a novel can do. Stream and download audiobooks to your computer, tablet or mobile phone. Infinite jest study guide from litcharts the creators of. Its got some spine creases and other wear, the kind that comes from being read. Infinite jest signed first edition by wallace, david foster seller harpers books, inc.
In fact, its take on the very nature of entertainment itself perhaps foresaw the age of vanity and social media, as seen through the prisms of tinder, facebook, twitter and instagram. Infinite jest is one of those books that a lot of people know of but have never read. Would you consider the audio edition of infinite jest. Touch paper and feel connected to hundreds of years of printed language. He was a joint major in english and philosophy at amherst college, and his senior honors thesis for english became his first novel, the broom in the system, which was published in 1987, the same year he graduated. One of the most unpleasant people i ever knew adored infinite jestjust loved it. Infinite jest by david foster wallace year of glad year. Infinite jest signed by david foster wallace first. This is a cold room in university administration, woodwalled, remingtonhung, doublewindowed against the november heat, insulated from administrative sounds by the reception. This performance by sean pratt is really humorous, sad and entertaining. Its not a stretch or very original to call infinite jest the defining work of the 1990s. Set in an addicts halfway house and a tennis academy, and featuring the most endearingly screwedup family to come along in recent fiction, infinite jest explores essential questions about what entertainment is and why it has come to. The lengthy and complex work takes place in a semiparodic future version of north america. Etsy is the home to thousands of handmade, vintage, and oneofakind products and gifts related to your search.
If one of your reading resolutions is to finally finish infinite jest, david foster wallaces mammoth novel, im here to help. Very good with bumped corners, several light indents to front cover, page block lightly soiled and with a thick remainder mark to top edge. Infinite jest david foster wallace first edition 1st printing galleys signed. A novel by wallace, david foster and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. In the most recent nyrb there is a brilliant essay from elaine blair on wallace and inifinte jest and the pale king and and.
On march 27, hachette audio released david foster wallaces magnum opus infinite jest most of it, at least as a 56hourlong audiobook. Once, he lifted the book to his lips, and kissed it. This is long listen but the chapters are well paced, and as mentioned, sean pratt reads with a deep sensitivity and knowledge of the text and the author humour is particularly effectively conveyed. She nails, in my limited view, wallaces concerns about civic duty and the portrayal in infinite jest of what she calls midperiod gately. I cant recommend the purchase of the what at first appears to be the amazing ive heard good things about the audio. Talking about some of the most different books, there is a number of books you are going to find. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle.
There are a lot of active readers who would put down this book after a couple of chapters. You start the book having no clue when it is happening and who the various characters are. Certainly, there would be issues with inserting footnotes. Part i with a foreword by dave eggers to be better than the print version. My posture is consciously congruent to the shape of my hard chair. Listen to infinite jest audiobook by david foster wallace. Somewhere in the notsodistant future the residents of ennet house, a boston halfway house for recovering addicts, and students at the nearby enfield tennis academy are ensnared in the search for the master copy of infinite jest, a movie said to be so dangerously entertaining its viewers become entranced and expire in a state of catatonic bliss. Infinite jest is a 1996 novel by american writer david foster wallace. Infinite jest by david foster wallace, signed abebooks passion for books. Why insufferable people love infinite jest paste paste magazine.
But if you are seeking something other, then this book will not disappoint. Why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book. We felt that it was important to make infinite jest accessible in the audio format as soon as we were able, and are gratified to find that there is an audience that has been waiting for just this occasion. Infinite jest audiobook by david foster wallace, read by. But talking about some of the most interesting and the most amazing yet different books, you are not going to find. After twenty years, david foster wallaces grand overture on humans and addiction, infinite jest, has only become more powerful. The novel is widely noted for its unconventional narrative structure and its experimental use of endnotes there are 388 endnotes, some with footnotes of their own.
Infinite jest by david foster wallace booksamillion. No matter what youre looking for or where you are in the world, our global marketplace of sellers can help you find unique and affordable options. I received an email earlier today from a reader who had excitedly received their unabridged audio book of infinite jest only to discover that in. Get this book free when you sign up for a 30day trial. Equal parts philosophical quest and screwball comedy, infinite jest bends every rule of fiction without sacrificing for a moment its own entertainment value. Is david foster wallaces infinite jest worth reading. The way the footnotes were handled in infinite jest was that they werent. Listen to infinite jest by david foster wallace at. David foster wallace was the child of two professors who grew up in illinois. David foster wallace infinite jest signed first edition, first printing. There is stuff that happens in the opening pages that explains events at the end of the book, albeit over. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
It is two of my best friends favorite book, and one of them actually mailed me a copy to get me to read it. Under the bleak and chilly surface, infinite jest is a. Then again, they managed to turn the thursday next series into audiobooks, and there are much weirder format issues there a footnoterphone, and a characters name that has no vowels. David foster wallaces infinite jest is an audiobook. This is my experience with the book and things i think could help you either finish the book or allowing yourself to just not start it. Why i cannot recommend the infinite jest audio book infinite jest. Find books like infinite jest from the worlds largest community of readers. As the novel unfolds, various individuals, organizations, and governments vie to obtain the master copy of infinite jest for their own ends, and the denizens of the tennis school and the halfway house are caught up in increasingly desperate efforts to control the movie as is a cast including burglars, transvestite muggers, scam artists. Some early listeners have been disappointed that the novels endnotes are currently available only in text form, to be read. Explore audibles collection of free sleep and relaxation audio experiences. What its like to record the audiobook version of infinite jest. Infinite jest by david foster wallace, first edition, signed. David foster wallaceinfinite jest 19961st1st editionfinefine signed copy. Since its publication, the world has moved past the events and years of the novels shaky mid2000s dystopian world.
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